find_divisor: Find divisor to assign seats

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Find divisor to assign seats

Description

Find a divisor between divisor_from and divisor_to such that sum(round_func(votes/divisor)) equals target_seats

Usage

find_divisor(votes, divisor_from, divisor_to, target_seats, round_func)

Arguments

votes	votes (matrix with only one column or vector, allows to use row/colnames within round_func)
divisor_from	lower bound for divisor search range (is decreased if necessary)
divisor_to	upper bound for divisor search range (is increased if necessary)
target_seats	number of seats to distribute (single number)
round_func	rounding function

Value

divisor

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